Unexpected 2.5 hour delay in Chicago. At least there are some nice Christmas decorations! #sblaar25

On my way to #sblaar25. Hit me up if you want to connect. See you all soon!

You don’t say?!! How surprising.

Alexandra Wormley and Adam Cohen's *Religion and Food* (Elements in Psychology of Religion series with @universitypress.cambridge.org) is OPEN ACCESS until 2 December. Be sure to check this out! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Check out this thread for great conference hacks! #sblaar25.

Bologna, November 2025 📸 Alex Lake

We need libraries for so many reasons. www.11alive.com/article/news...

Finishing touches. Almost done. Looking forward to seeing everyone in Boston! #sblaar25

“A decline in international students is not just a matter for next year’s enrollment cycle for universities — it’s a strategic setback for America’s role as a hub of global talent, science and innovation.”

Robert Jones (@rej3.bsky.social) reviews Andrew Perrin's *Horizons of Ancestral Inheritance: Commentary on the Levi, Qahat, and Amram Qumran Aramaic Traditions* for RBL. #DeadSeaScrolls www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDet...

New podcast! Join historian Tupá Guerra, an expert in demonology and the Dead Sea Scrolls, as she explores the tapestry of the past. Through insightful conversations with fellow experts, we make academic history accessible to everyone. youtube.com/@umatupanote...

If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university. You’re working at a state propaganda factory.

For those of you making your #sblaar25 schedule, consider swinging by the Ritual and Anxiety (S23-241) session on Sunday from 1:00-3:30 pm. We will be examining the connection between ritualized behavior and anxiety reduction in antiquity. Hope to see some of you there!

New issue of Dead Sea Discoveries Vol. 32, No. 3 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social

Pro Tip: When you get an email with the subject line “<NOT SPAM> Know the REAL Christ”—there’s a pretty good chance it is, in fact, spam.

Madrid, November 2025 📸 Alex Lake

Klawan's original May 2025 piece for @ancientjewreview.bsky.social calling for the retraction of *Gleanings from the Caves* as well as other publications is well worth the read. It's excellent. #DeadSeaScrolls

In May, Jonathan Klawans published a piece in AJR calling for the retraction of published Dead Sea Scroll fragment forgeries. One volume has officially heeded his call: www.bloomsbury.com/us/gleanings...

The University of Nottingham's latest round of financial restructuring involves suspending our Theology & Religion BA course with a view to its permanent closure. Please support our staff and students by signing this petition c.org/MQVjrMwXq8

Democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Well done. Shame on you.

Tonight was a very bad night.

Gleanings from the Caves has been retracted (via Jonathan Klawans) #post2002DSS

Seriously, Cornell? Unbelievable. All capitulation does is invite more interference and abuse of power.

Radiohead review – bards of the apocalypse return for a brutal bacchanal

Excited to share the sessions that the "Exile (Forced Migrations) in Biblical Literature" unit has for you all this upcoming #aarsbl25 @sblsite.bsky.social!

T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls is now out in paperback! Had the privilege of being a part of the editorial process on this volume. It's amazing. Be sure to check it out if you have not already!

Out now: T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls This companion comprises over 70 articles, exploring the entire body of the key texts and documents labelled as Dead Sea Scrolls. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4nMKB4P Read a preview: https://bit.ly/4gTuHmq

John Collins reviews Etienne Nodet's *A Gate to Heaven: Essenes, Qumran: Origins and Heirs* (T&T Clark, 2023). I also have a review current in publication on this volume and agree with Collins' assessment. www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDet...

What an incredible Game 7 of the World Series. Unreal. #DodgersWin

Getting ready for our paper at SBL on ritual and anxiety. Co-presenting with Jutta Jokiranta on Sunday afternoon. Swing by if you can!

Today on AJR, Alex P. Jassen previews his new book exploring the diverse ways social contestation and violence were perceived and imagined by the Dead Sea Scrolls Sectarians! www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/10...

Working some more on this today. Does anyone have anything they think I should cover in an introduction workshop? I’m closing with a big list of recent books publications so please promote away

it’s officially book promo time! so, hey, i wrote this book; it comes out in a week! would you mind signal boosting and asking your library to buy it? if you’d like a copy, the code AUFLY30 will get you 30%off.

Good night everyone. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.

Thanks to Freddie Freeman I can finally go to bed now. Whew. #DodgersWin

Op D.V. 4 november 2025 om 19.45 uur vindt er op de TUA weer een lezing plaats van het genootschap Ex Oriente Lux. De lezing (door dr. M.N. van der Meer) gaat over 'De Bijbelteksten van Qumran'. Belangstellenden zijn van harte welkom om deze lezing bij te wonen! Info: www.tua.nl/nl/agenda/qu...

Biblical Hebrew language colleagues! Could you recommend course books you like? My colleague is disappointed with the German ones (very few exercises, ancient didactical design: Seems German Semitic studies do not concentrate on applying newer language didactics to their field).

The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! Stephanie Wong discusses ancient Halloween traditions, including Oaxacan pumpkins 🎃 💀 Then, reading ancient texts in Braille, AI for Chinese calligraphy, Sanskrit philosophy, the sons of Attila, new ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more!

The Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls display a keen interest in the Israelite priesthood. Robert E. Jones' look at the Aramaic Levi Document reveals that this may have to do with the shifting fortunes of the priesthood in the 3rd cent BCE! www.ancientjewreview.com/2025/10/17/hellenistic-context-aramaic-dss

My book "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate" is now available for pre-order. Use promo code WIN26 to get 30% off. Coming January 6th 2026! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Truth.

@meyerhoff-umd.bsky.social is hosting a lecture by Charlotte Hempel (my Doktormütter) tomorrow from 2-3:30 pm EST on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the rural economy. She has been doing some exciting work in this area. Follow the link to register. jewishstudies.umd.edu/events/dead-...

Join us tomorrow at 2PM for an interesting discussion on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Rural Economy.

Looking forward Charlotte Hempel's lecture, The DSS and the Rural Economy on Oct 21. Follow the link for details and to register. jewishstudies.umd.edu/events/dead-... #dss #qumran

People think there are no Roman history emergencies, right up to the day a sitting president proposes a triumphal arch. Now suddenly everyone needs a good handle on Titus and Constantine.

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

BREAKING: The White House has confirmed it's called the 5 institutions who haven't signed its compact to a meeting this afternoon. Insiders tell us it's "an effort to regain momentum by threatening institutions to sign" @knottkatherine.bsky.social has the scoop www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Yes! I tell my students that my job is not to tell them what to think but teach them how to think.

Breaking: Trump's higher-ed compact is open to all, I confirmed for @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-tr... “We welcome any institution that wants to adopt these principles to sign the compact,” a source told me.